Rock County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.
One of Nebraska's least-populous counties, with a margin to match
1876 — 2024·38 elections
18762024
Rock County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+79
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,319
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cherry County
NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
1 precincts · 835 votes cast
Trump · R+79
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
Year
Won
Margin
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
−79.0%
85
745
835
2020
R
−78.4%
84
744
842
2016
R
−77.3%
70
687
798
2012
R
−72.1%
103
672
789
2008
R
−62.5%
139
640
801
2004
R
−69.1%
130
740
883
2000
R
−65.3%
141
725
894
1996
R
−43.4%
180
564
885
1992
R
−43.2%
162
588
987
1988
R
−58.4%
198
757
957
1984
R
−71.0%
147
873
1,023
1980
R
−66.9%
146
855
1,059
1976
R
−47.3%
255
732
1,009
1972
R
−74.3%
138
937
1,075
1968
R
−62.6%
146
791
1,031
1964
R
−37.9%
376
835
1,211
1960
R
−62.2%
253
1,084
1,337
1956
R
−53.5%
281
928
1,209
1952
R
−64.2%
267
1,226
1,493
1948
R
−28.0%
455
809
1,264
1944
R
−32.1%
506
984
1,490
1940
R
−29.6%
600
1,104
1,704
1936
R
−14.0%
710
944
1,672
1932
D
+13.6%
810
613
1,445
1928
R
−54.4%
305
1,034
1,341
1924
R
−23.6%
293
585
1,236
1920
R
−43.2%
239
621
885
1916
D
+8.4%
449
375
879
1912
D
+5.6%
279
230
869
1908
R
−16.2%
334
469
832
1904
R
−51.1%
138
498
705
1900
R
−32.5%
243
481
732
1896
R
−20.7%
224
347
594
1892
D
+46.6%
343
52
625
1888
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1884
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1880
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1876
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 49.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.1%
85+
2.7%
4.5%
75–84
5.2%
7.5%
65–74
8.0%
6.8%
55–64
6.6%
5.5%
45–54
4.3%
4.5%
35–44
6.4%
3.5%
25–34
5.1%
4.9%
18–24
3.5%
9.0%
5–17
6.6%
2.5%
<5
1.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,125
Rock County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Rock County$58,125
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.0%
Working age (18–64)100.0%
Seniors (65+)18.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
17.1%
Methodist
15.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.9%
Other Christian
4.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Rock County's 2024 presidential margin of R+79.1 reflects a pattern common to the Sandhills: sparse population, ranching-dominant economy, and some of the most lopsided partisan numbers in the state.
The Republican margin in Rock County reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was seventy-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.
Rock County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,125, a 99% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,319 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cherry County and Casey County.